Tax Protest: Brick kilns’ strike continues on day 4
imposing a sales tax on bricks
He said such taxes were being levied on the advice of the International Monetary Fund. The government should realise that the tax would kill the brick kiln industry, he said. On July 8, he said, kiln owners and thousands of workers would rally from the Punjab Assembly to Governor’s House. The kiln owners will meet in Lahore on July 10, Niazi said.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 6th, 2011.
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